November 8, 2013: Last night Love And Hip Hop star Joe Budden PROPOSED to his on-again-off-again GF Tahiry - in the middle of New York's TIMES SQUARE.

Here's how he did it. Joey bought out one of the jumbo screens and played a montage of him holding up signs - basically APOLOGIZING to Tahiry, telling her that he LOVES HER . . . and then asking for her hand in MARRIAGE!!

It was really ROMANTIC. Of course Tahiry said yes . . . and Joe gave her a HUUUUGE diamond ring.

All in all a very romantic proposal. We're still skeptical about whether getting married with each other is a GOOD IDEA, but it's hard to turn down a guy that puts THIS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT into the proposal.